Sunday, June 4, 2017

T20 Global League 2017 -18 Starting Date

T20 Global League 2017 -18 Starting Date - T20 Global League Starting Date- Tentatively, the tournament is scheduled for the last quarter of 2017. That means, in the months of November-December. If the sources are to be believed, the T20 Global League may start on December 16, a public holiday in South Africa. However, some cricket pundits also opine that the dates for the inaugural event will largely depend on the availability of India for a four test, five ODIs and three T20 tour of South Africa scheduled for the 2017-18 summer. T20 Global League Official WebsiteStart Date: 34d November

Plans for this t20 Global league were revealed to ICC member countries during ICC meetings in Dubai which ended on Friday.

"Our vision is to drive the creation of a new T20 destination league in South Africa that would energise the sport of cricket in South Africa by creating a global platform for the best-in-class to perform and showcase their talent to a global audience," said CSA president Chris Nenzani.

"Earlier, the only way to have a good career was to play for South African national team but this league with eight teams will have 88 slots for Proteas players," Lorgat had told PTI.

T20 Global League Foreign Ownership

Cricket South Africa is desperately seeking foreign ownership of the teams. It has placed advertisements in a number of international newspapers, including the top pages of some Indian prominent dailies. According to the sources of the CSA, it has already received interest from some top sponsors and the officials of the CSA are quite confident that they will have large amount of money to lure the big name internationals to complete.